Dive Summary:

• Cincinnati residents aren’t using 100 percent renewable energy, but do invest all of the money paid on their bill on renewable energy credits like solar and wind.
• Residents were automatically enrolled in the plan and promised $133 in annual savings over last year’s average Duke Energy bill.
• Small businesses and households were eligible for the plan, which includes 52,400 customers; about six percent opted out of the new plan.

From the article:

Virtually all Cincinnatians chose to go with the city’s new utility aggregation plan and now are part of the first Ohio city and first major city in the country to spend all of its utility-bill payments on renewable energy.

Residents were automatically enrolled and promised an average $133 annual savings over their former Duke Energy bills as part of the program approved by voters last year. ...